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Most popular baby names of 1900 in England and Wales

In 1900, the most popular names in England and Wales were Mary for girls and John for boys. Here are the top 100, with how many babies got each name. The counts for England and Wales before 1996 come from a sample of local birth records, so they are much smaller than the real number of babies. The order is what matters.

← 18991901 →

Girls

  1. 1Mary7,945
  2. 2Annie5,496
  3. 3Elizabeth4,819
  4. 4Alice4,246
  5. 5Edith3,893
  6. 6Florence3,801
  7. 7Margaret3,531
  8. 8Elsie3,526
  9. 9Sarah3,289
  10. 10Doris3,191
  11. 11Ethel2,834
  12. 12Ellen2,540
  13. 13Gladys2,242
  14. 14Lily2,195
  15. 15Dorothy1,981
  16. 16Hilda1,971
  17. 17Ada1,742
  18. 18Emily1,617
  19. 19Jane1,608
  20. 20Nellie1,602
  21. 21Lilian1,598
  22. 22May1,538
  23. 23Catherine1,266
  24. 24Beatrice1,180
  25. 25Agnes1,108
  26. 26Martha1,083
  27. 27Winifred1,075
  28. 28Gertrude1,066
  29. 29Emma947
  30. 30Frances933
  31. 31Hannah929
  32. 32Ann920
  33. 33Mabel917
  34. 34Clara911
  35. 35Amy874
  36. 36Minnie835
  37. 37Jessie826
  38. 38Bertha805
  39. 39Eva759
  40. 40Violet737
  41. 41Lucy715
  42. 42Ivy682
  43. 43Rose676
  44. 44Eliza648
  45. 45Harriet629
  46. 46Olive628
  47. 47Sydney626
  48. 48Louisa614
  49. 49Maggie603
  50. 50Maud581
  51. 51Evelyn545
  52. 52Kathleen521
  53. 53Esther498
  54. 54Eleanor488
  55. 55Dora457
  56. 56Fanny451
  57. 57Ruth440
  58. 58Isabella428
  59. 59Nora422
  60. 60Phyllis419
  61. 61Florrie414
  62. 62Ida413
  63. 63Edna405
  64. 64Grace394
  65. 65Kate385
  66. 66Marion364
  67. 67Norah361
  68. 68Bessie359
  69. 69Laura350
  70. 70Lizzie346
  71. 71Constance343
  72. 72Charlotte338
  73. 73Eveline335
  74. 74Leslie316
  75. 75Maria310
  76. 76Marjorie310
  77. 77Amelia301
  78. 78Muriel273
  79. 79Daisy271
  80. 80Rachel238
  81. 81Irene233
  82. 82Caroline229
  83. 83Helen229
  84. 84Phoebe209
  85. 85Mildred208
  86. 86Susannah192
  87. 87Gwendoline185
  88. 88Lydia182
  89. 89Leah178
  90. 90Miriam178
  91. 91Rebecca176
  92. 92Janet175
  93. 93Selina174
  94. 94Nelly165
  95. 95Vera161
  96. 96Victoria160
  97. 97Millicent154
  98. 98Josephine153
  99. 99Matilda153
  100. 100Lena149

Boys

  1. 1John12,436
  2. 2William11,142
  3. 3Thomas6,817
  4. 4James6,590
  5. 5George6,216
  6. 6Joseph4,123
  7. 7Arthur3,749
  8. 8Robert3,376
  9. 9Albert3,077
  10. 10Charles3,005
  11. 11Harry2,987
  12. 12Harold2,901
  13. 13Frederick2,626
  14. 14Frank2,330
  15. 15Ernest2,311
  16. 16Edward2,232
  17. 17Henry2,079
  18. 18Alfred2,052
  19. 19Walter2,039
  20. 20Herbert1,907
  21. 21Richard1,854
  22. 22Samuel1,568
  23. 23Fred1,563
  24. 24David1,008
  25. 25Leonard950
  26. 26Francis932
  27. 27Percy846
  28. 28Norman844
  29. 29Wilfred820
  30. 30Stanley763
  31. 31Reginald690
  32. 32Tom562
  33. 33Sidney552
  34. 34Peter526
  35. 35Edwin522
  36. 36Horace509
  37. 37Cyril498
  38. 38Benjamin464
  39. 39Clifford447
  40. 40Cecil376
  41. 41Eric376
  42. 42Hugh370
  43. 43Jack327
  44. 44Alexander322
  45. 45Edgar291
  46. 46Daniel285
  47. 47Willie277
  48. 48Hector274
  49. 49Bernard271
  50. 50Baden264
  51. 51Lawrence243
  52. 52Philip238
  53. 53Ralph233
  54. 54Isaac226
  55. 55Donald222
  56. 56Victor222
  57. 57Stephen218
  58. 58Owen217
  59. 59Patrick217
  60. 60Michael215
  61. 61Christopher204
  62. 62Edmund199
  63. 63Clarence196
  64. 64Redvers196
  65. 65Gilbert194
  66. 66Andrew187
  67. 67Arnold181
  68. 68Wilfrid169
  69. 69Lewis158
  70. 70Evan152
  71. 71Matthew147
  72. 72Sam147
  73. 73Abraham142
  74. 74Douglas139
  75. 75Bertram128
  76. 76Hubert128
  77. 77Louie127
  78. 78Louis126
  79. 79Ronald125
  80. 80Archibald124
  81. 81Vincent121
  82. 82Gerald116
  83. 83Maurice116
  84. 84Kenneth115
  85. 85Rowland112
  86. 86Joe111
  87. 87Geoffrey110
  88. 88Martin109
  89. 89Joshua108
  90. 90Jesse105
  91. 91Enoch96
  92. 92Ellis95
  93. 93Roland95
  94. 94Alan91
  95. 95Mark91
  96. 96Morris88
  97. 97Gordon87
  98. 98Allan86
  99. 99Dennis77
  100. 100Jacob77

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Where the counts come from: the US from Social Security card records from 1880 (names given to at least 5 babies in a year; years before about 1937 count fewer people, because the cards started then), and before 1880 from Douglas Galbi's tables of a census sample. England and Wales from the Office for National Statistics from 1996, and before that from Stephen Bush's study of local birth records, a sample of about 120,000 births a year (CC BY 4.0). Scotland from National Records of Scotland. Northern Ireland from NISRA. France from INSEE, first names and last names. Italy from ISTAT (CC BY 4.0), the top 50 names a year. Berlin from the city's open data (CC BY 3.0 DE), counting only the first of a child's names. UK figures are Crown copyright, used under the Open Government Licence. US last names from the 2020 census, and before 1850 from the 1790 census. Irish last names from Robert Matheson's report on the births of 1890. Italian last names from the City of Florence (CC BY 4.0). Norwegian last names from Statistics Norway (CC BY 4.0).

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